John Murray Quotes

Until we make campaigns affordable, then we're going to have too many members of Congress out rattling the cup with special interest groups.

Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical.

Eventually, money wins in politics.

The Federal campaign contribution limit of $2,500 is way too low. You can’t even buy a Democrat for $2,500.

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.

I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.

I don't think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests.

I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.

Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

Spending limits not only do not work, they have the perverse effect of making special interests more powerful and more influential.

Campaign finance reform is vital. It is impossible for us to win, especially in committees, because we can never outbid the opposition.

It is not that candidates who get the most money win, but that winning candidates get the most money.

America has the best congress money can buy.

If you put enough money on the table, Congress will respond to the money.

Special interests and Congress are too closely connected and the ties that bind are the millions spent on campaigns.

American politics is money and thirty second spots.

So long as politicians need millions to win a seat in Congress and nearly a billion to contest the White House, they will sanctify the methods needed to raise such sums.